[SOLVED] converting a date string INTO a unix timestamp, a better way?

[dsaba]

I've thought of making my own algorithm for converting this date string:

2004-05-28

 

into a unix timestamp.

 

Well I don't want to re-invent the wheel, so before I go ahead and do that, is there a better/easier way to make a date string coming in that above format into a UNIX timestamp?

 

-thanks

[dsaba]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php